In terms of the MSF, the system is able to synchronise if the transverse CLEs are negative; meaning that perturbations to the manifold decay exponentially fast and the manifold is linearly stable. This situation is generally possible if \(\frac{\alpha _2}{\alpha _1} = \beta > \frac{\lambda _{M}}{\lambda _{F}}\) , where \(\lambda _{F}\)  is the Fiedler's eigenvalue of \(\mathbf {L}\)  (i.e., the first non-zero eigenvalue), \(\lambda _{M}\)  is its largest eigenvalue, and \(\alpha _1\)  and \(\alpha _2\)  are the limits defining the negative range of CLEs [1]}, which depend on the system's dynamical characteristics and coupling strength.
